Cardiff man dies in Carlsbad helicopter crash

Fox 5:

The county Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the two men killed in a helicopter crash at McClellan-Palomar Airport late Wednesday afternoon as 65-year-old pilot Bruce Allen Erickson of Rancho Santa Fe and 60- year-old passenger Wayne Frank Lewis of Cardiff-by-the-Sea. The helicopter crashed and caught fire as the pair were practicing landings.

Lewis was a realtor at Berkshire Hathaway, an aviation enthusiast and cyclist.